smart

  • (a) showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
  • (s) elegant and stylish
    • chic elegance
    • a smart new dress
    • a suit of voguish cut
    chic, voguish,
  • (s) characterized by quickness and ease in learning
    • some children are brighter in one subject than another
    • smart children talk earlier than the average
    bright,
  • (s) improperly forward or bold
    • don't be fresh with me
    • impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
    • an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
    • Don't get wise with me!
    overbold, sassy, impudent, saucy, impertinent, wise, fresh,
  • (s) painfully severe
    • he gave the dog a smart blow
  • (s) quick and brisk
    • I gave him a smart salute
    • we walked at a smart pace
  • (s) capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
    • smart weapons

Nouns

  • (n) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore smarting, smartness,

Verbs

Synonyms

smarting smartness hurt ache chic voguish bright overbold sassy impudent saucy impertinent wise fresh

Antonyms

stupid

See also

intelligent

Words of close approximity

smarm
smack small smarm smash
smarta smart aleck smart as a whip smart bomb smart card smarten up smarting smartly smart money smartness smart set